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As the Deputy Head Academic at St. Benedict’s School in West London, Fiona Allen is at the forefront of shaping the quality of teaching and learning. She is responsible for not only ensuring that teaching in the classroom meets the highest standards but also for enabling students to learn in the most effective ways possible. Leading a team of 25 heads of department, Fiona drives professional development, research into effective pedagogy, and innovative teaching methods. With a diploma in psychology and a master’s degree in occupational psychology, Fiona brings a wealth of knowledge to her role. Her experience ...

I FELT SO ALONE. It was a Tuesday night, around 10:30 pm,. For the first time that day, I had a moment to sit down—a rare luxury in my crazy life. As I sank into the sofa, the constant pings from the mums' WhatsApp group buzzing about the latest night out hardly registered with me. My mind felt like it was about to explode, overwhelmed by all the responsibilities I was juggling—supporting my mum with Alzheimer’s, who seemed to be declining faster by the minute, helping my dad, her primary carer, raising three young children, all while holding down a ...

For the purpose of this article, I would like to invite you to think about the coaching process from a different perspective. When we coach clients towards the goal they want to achieve, most of the time we can observe the phenomenon of increasing resistance, a sense of being challenged, an uncomfortable feeling of moving towards the unknown. All of the above is showing up while the clients are getting closer to what they really want. Now imagine that there is an edge, line, boundary, limit that needs to be crossed so they can move forward. This is the moment ...

In a fast-paced digital world at different times in our lives, we may experience workplace stress or overwhelm. It can last for a few minutes, or for a longer period of time. In my coaching sessions, I am pleased to see that in a post-COVID world, people have become even more equipped to identify the sources of overwhelm and take steps to manage it. In this article, we explore some of the triggers, the warning signs and possible strategies to support our teams to manage their feelings of stress or overwhelm. Our body knows what’s going on before our mind ...